Dear Parent/Caregiver, Happy Spring! I hope this email finds you happy, healthy and enjoying some warmer weather! With Governor Walz’ announcement to ease the restrictions starting 3/15 and our spring break around the corner, I wanted to share our continued plan to help keep our students, staff and community as safe as possible. Our plan has been successful so...Read More

A Brief Peek into Week Twenty-Six in Lower Elementary North This week we found time: to play with some musical notes, turning them into words and playing the results on the tone bars. Side note, “a bead” is rather pretty. debate whether a definite article indicates the presence of a proper noun or not calculate...Read More

WHAT WE’RE LEARNING by Vanessa Padua-Evans February was an engaging month for Casa Lake, so active I almost let the Casa Lake Musings ripple away in the zeal. We read many books that inspired questions, experiments, and fun. We read, “We are Water Protectors.” The children talked about the possibility of how they would clean...Read More

Practical life exercises are the routine daily tasks we take on that contribute to our quality of life. When children are given opportunities to feed, dress, clean and care for themselves and their environment, they build awareness of the contributions they can make to their community. They will also become more socially aware of the...Read More